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The Northeastern Pennsylvania Interprofessional Education Coalition, founded by The Commonwealth Medical College, hosted four collaborative seminars April 13 to promote teamwork and gain an understanding of various health professionals' roles in improving quality and safety in patient care.

Adding to its portfolio of design-related studies, Pennsylvania College of Technology initiated a degree that will help prepare students for a growing field in product and systems design across the globe. Students can begin enrolling in the college's new industrial and human factors design bachelor-degree major for the Fall 2010 semester.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and Lock Haven University recently entered an articulation agreement that will allow graduates of Penn College's associate degree in early childhood education a smoother transition if they choose to continue their education at LHU.

PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office.

Timothy R. Cotter, of St. Marys, who next month will add a bachelor's degree in technology management to his associate degree in mass communications, has been chosen as the March "Student of the Month" by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

An assistant professor of forest technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented a session titled "Forest Technology Program Outcome Assessment" at the 8th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources at Virginia Tech. G.

Mushrooms, whether harvested in the wild or plucked from the produce aisle, will be the subject of the Spring Madigan Library Forum at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Frank M. Suchwala, instructor of hospitality management/culinary arts in the college's School of Hospitality, will present "Mushrooms: Fun to Forage, Fun to Eat" in the library's second-floor reading loft from 4 to 5 p.m.

In celebration of The Week of the Young Child and National Environmental Education Week, members of the Penn College community are invited and encouraged to use their own energy to walk, run, bike or hike with a child or children in "the great outdoors;" to savor spring while the season is fresh; to take time for themselves and others. This week's Green Tip is offered by Gail B.

Vol. 8, No. 35 (Through Sunday, April 11) Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball and softball teams went a combined 5-7 last week the softball team, which now is 8-6 overall and 5-1 in the Penn State University Athletic Conference, going 5-3 and the baseball team, which is 5-8 overall and 3-5 in the PSUAC, going 0-4.

The School of Health Sciences offered an in-service for its clinical preceptors April 9. Darby Lewes, an English faculty member at Lycoming College, offered a workshop titled "Portrait of a Student as a Young Wolf: Motivating Students." The school offers the in-service annually to its preceptors, who can earn continuing education units for their attendance.